Where does “veste” come from?

veste (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch festi, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

veste (Middle Dutch): reliability; fortification, bulwark; castle, fort

Definitions

  1. reliability; fortification, bulwark; castle, fort

Ancestry of “veste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfestifirmness
2Old Dutch-iness, -th
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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